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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1425246"><p>The EPEAT standard had little to do with build QUALITY and was more concerned with the use of recyclable materials, something Apple has been doing for quite some time now.</p><p></p><p>Apple actually helped CREATE the EPEAT standard, but it now seems clear that they left because the council wouldn't update its standards to IEEE 1608.1 (from memory, so forgive me if I'm mistaken on the exact standard), of which the EPEAT guidelines are currently just a small subset.</p><p></p><p>EPEAT caved and Apple came back. I don't think either body was expecting the bad publicity, but apparently it got them to the table so ultimately the whole brouhaha was probably a good thing in the end.</p><p></p><p>EPEAT is one, but not the only, standard by which institutions et al judge the environmental friendliness of a computer. Apple is the ONLY computer company that can say that ALL of their products currently meet or exceed the EPEAT Gold Standard. They are also the only computer company where all of its products are Energy Star 5.2 compliant.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line: There was never any danger that Apple was taking a path that was not evironmentally-friendly. Some recent design changes (like gluing in the battery of the Retina MBP) make the product *slightly* less recyclable than earlier models, but they're a) still recyclable and b) will probably evolve further in future designs, so I'm not particularly worried about it.</p><p></p><p>Real bottom line: buy with confidence!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1425246"] The EPEAT standard had little to do with build QUALITY and was more concerned with the use of recyclable materials, something Apple has been doing for quite some time now. Apple actually helped CREATE the EPEAT standard, but it now seems clear that they left because the council wouldn't update its standards to IEEE 1608.1 (from memory, so forgive me if I'm mistaken on the exact standard), of which the EPEAT guidelines are currently just a small subset. EPEAT caved and Apple came back. I don't think either body was expecting the bad publicity, but apparently it got them to the table so ultimately the whole brouhaha was probably a good thing in the end. EPEAT is one, but not the only, standard by which institutions et al judge the environmental friendliness of a computer. Apple is the ONLY computer company that can say that ALL of their products currently meet or exceed the EPEAT Gold Standard. They are also the only computer company where all of its products are Energy Star 5.2 compliant. Bottom line: There was never any danger that Apple was taking a path that was not evironmentally-friendly. Some recent design changes (like gluing in the battery of the Retina MBP) make the product *slightly* less recyclable than earlier models, but they're a) still recyclable and b) will probably evolve further in future designs, so I'm not particularly worried about it. Real bottom line: buy with confidence! [/QUOTE]
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